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Court Hears Death Row Saga of Roger Coleman Trial
A Virginia case traces Wanda McCoy murder, Coleman’s 1982 death sentence, and decade of appeals. National coverage, media, and later DNA testing raise questions about innocence, fate, and capital punishment.
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Wytheville
Virginia State Police
Jack Davidson
Roger Keith Coleman
Grundy
Bradley McCoy
Coleman
Newsweek Magazine
Circuit Court
Nick E. Persin
Washington Post
Grundy High School
Brenda Rife
Associated Press
State Penitentiary
Post
Buchanan County
Bristol
Virginia
Herald-Courier
Patricia Hatfield
Jean Gilbert
Gilbert
Hatfield
McCoy
Roanoke
Elmer Gist Jr
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Gist
Sandra Stiltner
Slate Creek
McCoys
Stiltner
Tom Scott
Wanda Faye McCoy
Wanda McCoy
Mickey McGlothlin
Scott
Coal Company
McGlathlin
Daily Telegraph
Stephen Arey
Arey
Wanda
Persin
Jay
Persia
James Bevins
Probation and Parole
Terry Jordan
Jordan
Wanda Faye Thompson McCoy
the Herald Courier
Glen Williams
Roger Coleman
Donald R. Curry
Williams
United States Supreme Court
America
James C. McCloskey
Centurion Ministries
Washington, D.C
Kathy
Appalachia
National News
Behan
Roger
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Matthew Teague
Teague
Larry King Live
Today Show
Phil Donahue
John Paul II
Mother Theresa
L. Douglas Wilder
Time
Mark R. Warner
Warner